[lbo-talk] CSV: Allen not racist enough

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Fri Sep 29 14:09:29 PDT 2006


[Caught in the vise of triangulation. How enjoyable to watch.]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060928/ap_on_el_se/virginia_senate

Group accuses Allen of spurning heritage

By BOB LEWIS, Associated Press Writer Thu Sep 28, 4:20 PM ET

RICHMOND, Va. - Sen. George Allen (news, bio, voting record)'s use of the

word "macaca" for a young man of Indian descent forced him to spend the

past six weeks disputing claims that his past is littered with racist

language and a fondness for Confederate symbols. On Thursday, the furor

came full circle when the Sons of Confederate Veterans turned on Allen.

The organization criticized the Republican for saying he had been slow to

grasp the pain that Old South symbols like the Confederate flag cause

black people.

"The denunciation of the flag to score political points is anathema to our

organization," Brag Bowling, immediate past state commander of the SCV,

told reporters near the state Capitol, once the Confederacy's seat of

government.

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Michael



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